Making Colour
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From lapis lazuli to cobalt blue, to dazzling gold and silver - travel through the story of colour with the National Gallery.
How did artists of the past mix the colour purple? We unearth the secrets behind the blue and red pigments that were traditionally mixed to make purple paint. Here we will see azurite, a deep blue copper mineral, and red lakes, a pigment derived from...
Watch a painting demonstration to learn about the different properties of green pigments bound in egg tempera and those mixed with oil. Then see how these were used to achieve very different effects in masterpieces from the National Gallery's collect...
Ashok Roy, Director of Collections, and Caroline Campbell, Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500, in conversation about the 'Making Colour' exhibition.